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Penn Alumni You Should Know About: Vol. 15

[ssba] This Valentine’s Day, fall in love with the Penn alumni who are showing off passion projects and making headlines in entertainment. You’re bound to be crushing on all of them by the end of this post.

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Penn Film and Media Pioneers West: Get your tickets! (LA, 3/15)

Penn Film and Media Pioneers – West Join Penn Alumni, Penn Parents and Penn students at this afternoon event bringing Penn Cinema Studies to Los Angeles. Panels featuring Cinema Studies faculty and local alumni will discuss issues in the entertainment industry today. Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:00 – 5:00 PM Hosted by Doug Belgrad, C’87, […]

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19 Penn Alumni you should know about: Vol. 8

[ssba] This may be the juiciest “Penn Alumni You Should Know About” edition yet! After the jump, check out exciting news about the latest from 19 Penn alumni with projects in TV, film, stage, web, apps, and print. Plus, more stories of Penn alumni working together on entertainment projects ….an alum who dishes on what happens backstage […]

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12 Penn alumni you should know about

After the jump, check out my DT roundup of these 12 notable Penn alumni and some of their very cool projects ranging from new films, to Emmy awards, to great TV appearances. 1) Actress Elizabeth Banks (C’96) puts on her producer hat and releases a new trailer for her upcoming collegiate a capella movie. You’ll […]

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This Penn alum directed Jane Lynch and Leonard Nimoy at the Emmys

You may have heard that Alec Baldwin backed out of the opening sequence for the opening of this year’s Emmys last month and Leonard Nimoy stepped in last minute. And Spock isn’t the only one who helped reshape this opening scene days before the big event. After the jump, get to know a Penn alum who […]

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THE most important concept for a Hollywood writer

Last time we checked in with aspiring LA TV writer Rob Forman (W’06), he taught us all about “spec scripts” and what you do with them once you’re done in order to pursue a Hollywood career. After his summer hiatus, Rob has now returned back to work as a writers assistant on “Army Wives” and […]

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